[ 2016-11-15 ]

NGO urges electorates to thoroughly examine manifestos
Kyei Kwadwo Yamoah, the Programme Co-ordinator of
Friends of the Nation (FoN), has advised the
electorates to thoroughly analyse issues raised in
the various political party manifestos to enable
them to make informed choices on December 7.

He said the electorate needed to make informed
decisions because the polls bordered on
socio-economic development.

Briefing the media in Accra, Mr Yamoah urged the
media to critically examine the manifestoes of
each political party on various sectors to get the
electorate informed and make the election an issue
based one for democratic growth and development.

He said the FoN had assessed the various political
parties on the fisheries sector arguing that based
on their assessment the fisheries sector could
provide a platform for more voters.

“The fisheries sector is considered as one of
the swing sector because when you consider
Ghana’s political history, you will know that
fishing constituencies vote on issues and how the
political parties have promised that they will
address the issues that affect them,” he said.

Mr Yamoah said: “The issue of pre-mix fuel
management has come up and most fishermen think
that political parties have ways of controlling
this to benefit from the pre-mix and not the
fisher folks”.

Friends of the Nation is a socio-environmental
research and advocacy Non Governmental
Organisation based in Sekondi, Western Region, and
established in 1993 with the goal to enhancing
active citizenship, social accountability and
promote human rights in resource governance.

Source - GNA

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